“As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield I have learned is to come back again.”

“The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls but in the space within to be lived in.”

“Failure is the foundation of success and the means by which it is achieved.”

“He who is contented is rich.”

“The way to do is to be.”

“Manifest plainness Embrace simplicity Reduce selfishness Have few desires.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“One love, one heart . . .Lets get together and feel all right”

“And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separa...”

“It strikes me as unChristian that we often have more charitable attitudes toward ideological allies than we do toward brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we disagree on matters of politics.”